EclectEcon

I am told that in Scotland and Northern England, the correct pronunciation of "scone" rhymes with "don" or "con", whereas in the rest of England, the word is pronounced to rhyme with "stone". My experiences this past summer pretty much were consistent with that advice, but I'm still not entirely sure.

Anyway, with the autumnal season upon us, here is a recipe for pumpkin scones, as cobbled together and amended by Ms. Eclectic and one of our granddaughters:

Pumpkin Scones--
Quick, Easy and Delicious


Ingredients:
1 Tablespoon butter
1/4 cup sugar [note from EE: this is optional - if you use pumpkin pie filling, they are plenty sweet without the added sugar.]
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1 cup pumpkin pie filling
1 Tablespoon baking powder
2 and 1/2 – 3 cups flour

Instructions:
1. Beat together butter, sugar and salt with electric mixer.
2. Add egg, then pumpkin and mix.
3. Stir in the flour and baking powder.
4. Turn on to floured board and knead a bit.
5. Roll to ½” thick and cut (a floured shot glass makes a lovely cutter for small scones, but the typical triangles are just fine.).
6. Place in tray on top shelf of hot oven 400°(F)* for 15-20 minutes .

These scones are a nice variation on standard baking-powder biscuits or standard scones. They are great for Hallowe'en or US Thanksgiving or any autumn get-together.

*Recall that degrees stated in C mean Canadian; degrees stated in F mean Foreign.